South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

July 9, 2017

Captain Dave Hanson is a native of southwest Florida. He has been fishing local waters since childhood, and has been fishing professionally for over fifteen years. He is Coast Guard licensed, and is a member in good standing of the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce. He has been quoted and featured in several national fishing magazines, and he also appears weekly in the fishing reports sections of the local paper.

South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "I fished the south end of Estero Bayís backwaters Wednesday morning, 7/5, with Tim Hertaus, his son Bren, and Timís brother-in-law, Ryan. The guys used live shrimp to catch two keeper sheepshead at 14 inches and 15 inches, along with eleven mangrove snapper, one of which was a keeper. Along with the mang shorts, the group released an undersized snook and a pair of two-pound stingrays.

David and Carly Bernegger fished south Estero Bay with me on Thursday morning, where they used live shrimp to catch a 20-inch keeper redfish. They had a larger red hooked at one point, but it pulled off the hook and escaped. They also caught two keeper sheepshead at 13 inches and 14 inches, and released three stingray.

I fished 17 miles offshore on Friday morning, 7/7, with Scott and April Pace and their children, Leah and David. Using squid and cut-bait, the family boxed a mess of lane snapper to 14 inches and grunts to 12 inches. They released a half-dozen red grouper shorts.

I was back in southern Estero Bayís backwaters on Saturday morning, 7/8, where I fished a catch-and-release trip with Steve and Gayle Repetto. The couple used live shrimp to catch a 15-inch black drum, a sheepshead short, a 14-inch sand bream (striped mojarra), and two would-be-keeper redfish at 22 inches and 24 inches."

1.) Angler Doug Shepherd with a 24-inch red grouper, caught on a baitfish 25 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.

2.) Angler Wade Shepherd with an 18-inch, lane snapper, caught on squid 25 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.

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